{"id":177609,"date":"2023-10-30T11:16:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T03:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/?p=177609"},"modified":"2023-10-31T11:17:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T03:17:02","slug":"adidas-readies-the-samba-for-valentines-day-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2023\/10\/30\/adidas-readies-the-samba-for-valentines-day-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"adidas Readies the Samba for Valentine\u2019s Day Next Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With 2023 soon coming to a close, sportswear brands are quickly preparing new releases for the forthcoming year. Rivals Nike have previewed certain <a href=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2023\/10\/27\/nike-2024-releases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"key releases for 2024\">key releases for 2024<\/a>, and now adidas themselves are reportedly preparing a special Samba dedicated to Valentine&#8217;s Day next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Valentine&#8217;s Day has always been a cause for celebration for sneakers, with the aforementioned Swoosh brand usually preparing designs dedicated to the holiday. This year, adidas released a <a href=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2023\/01\/18\/adidas-originals-spreads-love-with-valentine-pack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"love-themed collection\">heart-themed collection<\/a>, and next year seems to be more of the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to early imagery, the adidas Originals Samba &#8220;Valentine&#8217;s Day&#8221; will come dressed in familiar hues of pink and white. Heart-shaped graphic motifs fill the insoles, while a brighter shade of pink is used for the tongue branding. Underfoot, an in-vogue semi-translucent gum sole is added to the sneaker. This could be the perfect Valentine&#8217;s Day sneaker for you, and if so stick around for more official photos in the near future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take an early look via the top slider above, and stay tuned for more updates regarding this release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other sneaker-related news, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/2023\/10\/27\/best-crocs-collaborations-2023-crocs-classic-clog\/?slide=right\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">favorite Crocs collaborations of 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><em>Images via Fullress<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/snkrdunkappen.page.link\/5aH1_AppHomepage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Generic-Banner-V2.jpg\" alt=\"SNKRDUNK App Banner\" class=\"wp-image-151764\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With 2023 soon coming to a close, sportswear brands are quickly preparing new releases for the forthcoming year. Rivals Nike have previewed certain key releases for 2024, and now adidas themselves are reportedly preparing a special Samba dedicated to Valentine&#8217;s Day next year. Valentine&#8217;s Day has always been a cause for celebration for sneakers, with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":177621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adidas","category-brands"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177609"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177609"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":178389,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177609\/revisions\/178389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snkrdunk.com\/en\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}